Saturday, April 30, 2016

Vigils....

We wait, we wonder, we watch, we fiddle, we pace, we glance over our shoulders, we wait some more. We check our phones, we check our Facebook, we look for new e-mails, we look for new text messages, we look at Twitter. Somewhere deep in our souls, we know what we are waiting for, and we don't want it to happen, but we can't stop it. We can't change it. We just wait.

Two weeks ago Allistaire left Seattle Children's Hospital for the last time. Sometime early this morning she took her last breath. True to Allistaire's sense of self, she fought for those last few breaths. Allistaire was not ready to go.Sten wasn't ready for her to leave.Jai never imagined she would have to leave so soon. Solve was certainly not wanting to lose her baby sister.I don't even know what to say. So I will do the next best thing.

The Allistaire I knew and came to love believed in magic..... She found it in her short life.